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The making of Christian Eriksen

mawspurs

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Coaches who have worked with the Denmark midfielder explain what makes him so special – and how he needed a kick up the backside to go from good to great.

Source: Guardian
 

greywizard2020

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Good read, however, I can't help but think that the gaffer had a little something to do with his rise. Before Pochettino, his talent never in question, he was still, somewhat, passive in games, along with Dembele never really dominating them like he could. That seems to have been kicked up several notches because he's now really affecting games & making the whole team tick. There's that extra 15-20% that the gaffer has brought out in him, which is a testament to how good a coach Pochettino is & one we're fortunate to have.

Kevin De Bruyne is still the ultimate playmaker & pass-master, but Eriksen is on his way to challenging him to that title. Hopefully, he'll play a little deeper come the new season.
 
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chinaman

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Good read, however, I can't help but think that the gaffer had a little something to do with his rise. Before Pochettino, his talent never in question, he was still, somewhat, passive in games, along with Dembele he never really dominating them like he could. That seems to have been kicked up several notches because he's now really affecting games & making the whole team tick. There's that extra 15-20% that the gaffer has brought out in him, which is a testament to how good a coach Pochettino is & one we're fortunate to have.

Kevin De Bruyne is still the ultimate playmaker & pass-master, but Eriksen is on his way to challenging him to that title. Hopefully, he'll play a little deeper come the new season.


Yes, that makes one think how much better De Bruyne could have been had he been playing under Poch say three years ago.
 

JC-Rule

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It took me a good while of watching this player to be convinced. I didn’t feel he got ‘stuck in’ enough, like let’s say Lamela did or does.

But when I began to understand his game and his roll in the team, I can’t say just how much I appreciate watching him play.

Whenever he is interviewed, the guy is so cool, you wonder just how be became so good, is he a natural phenomenon or does he have to graft at his craft?

He just appears so level headed, he doesn’t let it all get to him.

The interviewer may say something like, “wow that was such a thrilling game to come back and win in the last dying minute, and he’ll reply, “yeah it was good we’ll have to do better in the next game”.

Now they all tend say a similar thing, when the others players say It, like Dele or Son, you can see inside the bursting with excitement, but they are trying to hold it down, when Christian says it, he really appears not to be that fussed at all.

Clearly he enjoys playing, but he is level headed.

Kane has a similar trait
 
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I live in Norway (similar language to Danish) and I can tell you that "fart" means "speed". "Middelfart" is a perfectly normal place name, despite the wry smile on my face each time I hear it.

The word "titt" means "look", so I offen amuse colleagues by saying "let's take a titt" when we look at something together. Speaking of colleagues, I work with a Norwegian called Simen, which over here is pronounced identically to the English word "semen". It's a barrell of laughs in my office ?
 

F_AN2CE

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In Denmark we call Norweigans for stupid.

But then again, we are ignorant and petty, yet ignorant and petty.

And Middelfart translates to average speed.
 

diamondlight

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It took me a good while of watching this player to be convinced. I didn’t feel he got ‘stuck in’ enough, like let’s say Lamela did or does.

But when I began to understand his game and his roll in the team, I can’t say just how much I appreciate watching him play.

Whenever he is interviewed, the guy is so cool, you wonder just how be became so good, is he a natural phenomenon or does he have to graft at his craft?

He just appears so level headed, he doesn’t let it all get to him.

The interviewer may say something like, “wow that was such a thrilling game to come back and win in the last dying minute, and he’ll reply, “yeah it was good we’ll have to do better in the next game”.

Now they all tend say a similar thing, when the others players say It, like Dele or Son, you can see inside the bursting with excitement, but they are trying to hold it down, when Christian says it, he really appears not to be that fussed at all.

Clearly he enjoys playing, but he is level headed.

Kane has a similar trait
Nice analysis. In this respect, he's also like Carrick. Inconspicuous and calm but massively effective. I've started to notice that Erikson tackles like Carrick - sort of ghosting in from an intelligent angle and nicking or blocking the ball, rather than tearing around like a headless chicken and flying in.

Modric is another useful comparison. Erikson is currently playing at the level Modric was at when he left us. The question is whether he can reach the level modric reached AFTER he left us.
 
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